Sunday, June 13, 2010

problems/ errors, unexpected observations, and modifications

Now while doing this experiment we found that we never had problems or errors with our data and with conducting the tests. Now we did find a very peculiar, clear, substance floating on the entire surface of our aquerium chamber. We did not modify anything throughout our experiment.

What is the most important thing we learned from this experiement

That we can not sustain life in an eco-collum. But being serious, we learned that with the right quantitys and qualitys, life is possible to sustain in a self preserving eco-collum. Along with a little added food here and there. We also learned how an ecosystem works at a much smaller scale.

what we would do different if we had the chance to do it again.

If we could redo our eco-collum then we would make each section a little bit taller. Then we would have improved our decomp chamber by putting in some decomposting fruit along with one or two more spiders. Then we would put a cover over our grass chamber so water that evaperates get trapped and drop back down as water. A green house, per say. Then the last thing we would do, would be to increase the holes that the water uses to flow in between each chamber.